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If you’re not taking full advantage of social media for personal branding purposes, you’re really missing out. In fact, you’re probably doing yourself more harm than good.

Here’s the good news. There’s definitely still hope! It’s never too late to improve social media skills and get the most out of your personal branding efforts. Consider these tips as a means to get you started.

Figure Out What You Most Want to Be Known For

Figuring out what you want to be known for is probably one of the most important steps in the process of improving your personal branding. This makes it so much easier to concentrate on these areas and become an expert in your field.

Post on a Regular Basis

It’s crucial to post on a regular basis, over all platforms. Interested followers truly look forward to what you have to say. Staying fresh on their minds means you have a better chance of becoming a “go-to” person for those searching for information in your niche.

Create Similar Profile Templates

Free-to-use sites such as Picmonkey and Canva make it super simple to create similar profile temp…

While it’s important to create and stick to project deadlines, it’s even more important that your deadlines be realistic ones. If not, there’s really no point in having them in the first place. Follow these tips, to help you with successful deadline management.

Break the Assignment into Segments

Breaking your assignment into segments makes it much simpler to create a comfortable project deadline. Figure out exactly what needs to be completed first and proceed from there. This is also a good time to decide on what resources you’ll need for the project so you can have them all ready instead of wasting time searching for them as you need them later on.

Consider Your Other Obligations

Everyone deals with a variety of obligations, on a day-to-day basis. Allocate plenty of room for these obligations and then schedule in blocks of time to work toward the deadline you need to meet. Be sure not to overextend yourself by committing to too many projects at once, even if you are only committing to yourself. Be realistic about the time your obligations will require when planning out your project deadlines.

Initially, you may not think it’s a good idea to offer affiliates review copies of your product. The choice is certainly up to you. However, there are several reasons to consider the possibility of doing so. Here are five points to consider.

Gets Your Name Out There

Giving away a few review copies of your product is one of the easiest ways to get your name out there. This is especially true if you’ve never released a product before. Affiliates can familiarize themselves with the quality of your work and make a decision as to whether or not they want to promote it.

It’s Affordable

This reason goes hand-in-hand with the one mentioned above. Many times, just starting out, people don’t have the budget to advertise a new product. Handing out review copies cost nothing at all. Yes, you’re losing a bit of profit. But, there are still countless potential customers out there waiting to buy your product once it’s released.

Builds a Mailing List

Each time you give an affiliate a copy of your product to review, you gain a new potential customer. Even if that individual decides not to promote what you have…